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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers"
+description: "Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
+legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 677"
+citation: "Maryland HB 677 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Government - Regulations and Procedures", "Electronic Communication", "Emergency Bills", "Emergencies", "Identification", "Inspections", "Notices", "Postal Service", "Privacy", "Records", "Telephones"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pena-Melnyk"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-31"
+last_action: "2018-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b901d89-7fdc-4387-848a-0a2f8cdb6f3f"
+source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=HB677&stab=01&pid=billpage&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs"
+source_hash: "698df0e055e970e9a9a197a89b36bcd97ebe63bb398f1bd69e96707fc2b872cf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
+---
+
+# Maryland HB 677 (2018) — Public Information Act - Required Denials - Physical Addresses, E-Mail Addresses, and Telephone Numbers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0677f.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- On Third Reading — **132–4** (pass) · lower
+- On Third Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pena-Melnyk — primary (person)
+- Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderton — cosponsor (person)
+- Angel — cosponsor (person)
+- Arentz — cosponsor (person)
+- Barron — cosponsor (person)
+- Beidle — cosponsor (person)
+- Bromwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Cullison — cosponsor (person)
+- Fraser-Hidalgo — cosponsor (person)
+- Ghrist — cosponsor (person)
+- Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Healey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Holmes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hornberger — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacobs — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Young — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Kipke — cosponsor (person)
+- Krebs — cosponsor (person)
+- Mautz — cosponsor (person)
+- McDonough — cosponsor (person)
+- Miele — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Otto — cosponsor (person)
+- Pendergrass — cosponsor (person)
+- Platt — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Saab — cosponsor (person)
+- Sample-Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Sydnor — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarlau — cosponsor (person)
+- Valentino-Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Wivell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-31** First Reading Health and Government Operations `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-31** Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-02-02** Hearing canceled
+- **2018-02-02** Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m.
+- **2018-03-06** Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-07** Favorable with Amendments {316183/1 Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-07** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
+- **2018-03-08** Third Reading Passed (132-4) `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** First Reading Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-14** Favorable Report by Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** Favorable Report Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-15** Second Reading Passed
+- **2018-03-19** Third Reading Passed (45-0) `passage`
+- **2018-03-20** Returned Passed
+- **2018-04-10** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 39 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b901d89-7fdc-4387-848a-0a2f8cdb6f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).
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